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Weaving Cooperative | Inle Lake

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January 24, 2009

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Portra 400NC
A large part of an Inle Lake trip—quite anti-climactic after spending the morning at a home in Helon village—is shopping stops disguised as education. I skipped a few near the end, but of the ones I did visit, the weaving was by far the most interesting. This contraption for spinning threads was operated by six people.

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